Vending machine



June 1930- w. w. CADWELL VENDING MACHINE Filed Aug. 1, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 WZzferW 0216240911 June 17, 1930.

w. w. cApwELL VENDING MACHINE gwwmtoz WllterWC'adwell Patented June 17, 1930 i PATENT o F I CE WALTER winner: 'cAn wELI}, orfLAeBAiTen, GEQRGIA iviamnnve MACHI E I Application filed. August 1, 1927'. Serial no. 209,954.

My invention relates to vending-machines and has particular reference to machines operated by coins. It is an object of the in.-

' vention to provide'a machine of this-type which shall be compact instructure, simple in operation, and inexpensive ,to operate and which shall pro'vide'an attractive display of the wares vended in such a manner as to enable the would-be purchaser to select any one of several articles. F

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made. a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, 1 1

Figure 1 is a frontelevation of the machine, i I .1 f Figure 2,-a vertical section taken'on the line 2'-2 ofFig. 1,*--.

p Fi ure 3, a horizontal section taken on 20 the line 33 of'Fig. 2, 1

Figure 4, a vertical sectiontaken on the line44of Fig. 2, and r Figure 5, a section on line 5'5'of Fig. '4: showing the coin actuated mechanism.

base ofthe machine which basemayrbe cast from suitable material-or stampedffrom sheet metal or other material. The lower portion ofthe base 10;hasa,plate 11;16- 30 movably attached to'the sides in any suitable manner. The base is provided with acover plate 12. A transverse rib 12' beneath the plate 12 serves to strengthen the plate and avoids the necessityofliaving said plate 12' In the drawings numeral 10 .indicates the.

P086516- A Cover-plate 18 is secured upon thepost 16 by means of screws 19.. The posts 16, as shown in Fig. 3, arevprovided with longitudinal slots for holding the plates or casing elements 20. These plates are preferably glass or other transparent material but not necessarily so. The rear plate is preferably hinged at 22 to provide a door 21 having a lock 23 to provide access to the interior of the. machine for loading-the same with articles to be sold. Mounted within the walls is a revolving cabinet 25 pro-] vided with magazine chambers 26 for -re-, ceiving articles to be=dispensed,;here shown as cigarettes 27. l

I The cabinet 25. is'mounted so as to be selectively rotated; with the shaft or pivot 28 mounted in abearing 29 in the cover plate 18 and in the plate 12. A screw 14; in the plate 12 allows'shaft 28 to beturned 65 in the plate 12 as a bearing. The base 30 or the cabinet is provided withholes 31 into which a ball catch 32 is adapted to engage ".ThlS ball is held in a sleeve 33 positioned beneath the plate 12and is keptjin position'by a spring 3 lcheld underitension bya cotter-pind85. 'The'cabinet maybe rotated but willbe stopped when the ball 32 registers with any one of the holes-31'. The plurality of the magazine chambers 26pro- 7 vicle for a selectiveassortment10f articles to be sold. P 7 Asquareframe 36is fixed to theshaft 38 above the machine to be rotatably moved therewith. This frame may carry anysign 30 or preferably may carry an advertisement of each of the wares? used in the-machine, here shown as Riedmont or Westerfields.

'VVithin'the base of the machine are depending brackets 37'and 38 the same'being 35* attached to the Punderside of the plate 12. The bracket '37 is U-shaped to .-p rov1de two bearing surfaces 39.andlj0, while the-bracket f I 38 provides a bearing 41 for the shaft 42 upon which is mounted a slotted drum .43.

article. The shaft 42 fits within-a slightly larger shaft journalled in the bearing 46 in the base 10. A knob 47 is provided on the outer end of the shaft 45. end of the shaft45 is a disk 48 having a lug 49 thereon. The adjacent end of the cylinder 43 hasa pocket 50 therein. A spring 42 surrounds the opposite ends of the shaft 42 and is fastened at one end to the shaft 42 and at the other end to the bracket 37. This spring ispositioned and tensioned so as to rotate the drum 43 to the position shown in Fig. 2. .Al plate .5l having two, straight edges 52" and 53is'fixed to the cyl' inder 43 tofrotate therewith. The straight edges 52 and 53 striking the lower surface of the plate 12 prevent. rotation-of the cylinder 43 beyond a predetermined degree. A housing 54 surrounds the disk 48 and the end of the cylinder 43 adjacent thereto.

This housing 'hasa slot 55 to provide an outlet. for the coin into the interior of the base 10. a I l "In the inclined edge of the cover 18 is a slot 56. This slot extends as an elongated passage down the side ofthe chamber 26 and into the pocket 50 in'the ends of the cylinder 43 when this cylinder is in proper position. 7

' The operation of the device will now be described:- j The cabinet 25 is rotated to "the position where the article sought to be purchased is at the front of the machine whereupon the ball catch 32 will hold the cabinet in position." Acoin is then in'sertedin theslot 56 and passes down the slot to lodge in the pocket 50 in the end of the cylinder 43. The knob 47 is then rotated'whereuponthe' lug 49 on the-disk .48 engages the edge of the coin and-locks thedisk 48 to the cylinder '43; Rotation of the knob 47 will therefore rotate the cylinder 48 until tli'e"-groove 44 registers ben'eath the magazine 265 A 'cigarette27 will immediatelydropinto the slot 44. At the same time the coin will have been carried along against the-inner sideof the housing 54 until it registers With the opening 55 in this housing. The coin will then drop through the slot 55 into the chamber within the base of the machine. As soon as the coin drops from the pocket 50, the lug'49 is no longer keyed to the cylinder 43. The spring 42" will therefore reverse rotation of the cylinder 48 and bring the slot 44 to the position sliown'in Fig. 2 whereupon the cigarette will roll down the incline 13 to the pocket 13'.

For filling the machine with articles to be sold the magazines are rotated to register with the rear of the machine adjacent the door 21 whereupon the machine may be filled. w

On the inner \Vhile I have shown my device as prefer ably used in the sale of cigarettes which in this case might be sold at a profit for a cent apiece, I do not mean'to limit the use of my machine as a vending machine for cigarettes.

Obviously, it might be used with equally good results as a machine for dispensing short lead pencils, crayons, or even candy, or any article that could be profiat-bly sold for a coin of a given value. 7

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that'variouschanges may be made in my device without departing fromthe sp rit -OfQthe invention, and I, therefore, do not limit. myself to what .is shown in the drawings andi'described in the specification, but

only asset forth in the appended claims.

Having thus fully set forth my said invention, WhatI claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: V

1. A vendin machine' comprising a base, a 'case having transparent walls mounted upon the base, and supporting meansfor displaying an advertisement for goods to' besold-by the machine,- a cabinet rotatably mounted onthe base and-enclosed Within the said case, means for rotating the cabinet and looking it in anyone of several predetermined positions, a cylinder mounted in the base, said cylinder having a longitudinal groove for receiving the article to be vended, manually operable means for rotating.

said cylinder to cause the slot to register with the said chamber to receive an article i to be vended, a pocketain the-end of'said. cylinder adapted to receive a coin, a disk on said .ma-nually' operable member having a lug thereon for engaging the coin to lock the manually operable member to the cylinder upon rotation of the former to rotate the cylinder, said lug serving to eject the coin and unlock the 0011116631011 between the cylinder and the manually"operablemeinber at a predetermined period in the rotation,

and means for reverselyrotating the cylinder to return it to itsnormal position,- substantially as set forth.-

- 2. A vending machine comprisinga base,

a case mounted upon the'base, a cabinet Within the casing mounted upon theibase I and having'compartments for holding goods to be sold, a slotted cylinder rotatably mounted in the base, a manually operable shaft-mounted in the base in alignment with the said cylindrical member, a diskon the, said shaft, said disk having a lug extending therefrom, a pocket in the end ofthe said cylindrical -memberadapted to engage an edge of the coin to lock the said shaft ;and

the said cylindrical member together'sothat the latter may be rotated by the former, a housing encasing said disk and the pocket iii said cylindrical member and'so placed that rotation of the manually operable shaft will cause. the lug to 'engage'the "coin and force 3 it against the inner wall of the said casing as it rotates the cylindrical member, the said lug operating to eject the coin at a predetermined period in the rotation of the said shaft to permit the said cylindrical member to be reversely rotated and restored to its normal position, and means for rotating it to restore it to this position, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Lagrange, Georgia, this 30th day of July, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty- SGVGII.

WALTER WILLIAM CADWELL. 

